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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Jacob Shorb to Archibald D. Murphey

Will Book D, page 90 · dated 16 December 1802 · proved February 1803

Jacob Shorb appointed Archibald D. Murphey attorney.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Jacob Shorb (printed JACOB SHORB), of Frederick Co., Md.
Dated
16 December 1802
Proved
February 1803 court
To
Archibald D. Murphey (of Orange County, N.C.)
Witness
George Wilkins

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book D, page 90.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 14.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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